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The Disaster Artist- Greg Sestero.

 

It's the book the recent movie was based on. Both tell the story of the making of the cult bad movie, The Room, and the story of The Room's writer-director-producer-actor Tommy Wiseau. Very entertaining; the author is skeptical and affectionate of Tommy at the same time.

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The Disaster Artist- Greg Sestero.

 

It's the book the recent movie was based on. Both tell the story of the making of the cult bad movie, The Room, and the story of The Room's writer-director-producer-actor Tommy Wiseau. Very entertaining; the author is skeptical and affectionate of Tommy at the same time.

 

I wanna buy it! I saw the movie last week. "What a story, blueschica!"

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The Disaster Artist- Greg Sestero.

 

It's the book the recent movie was based on. Both tell the story of the making of the cult bad movie, The Room, and the story of The Room's writer-director-producer-actor Tommy Wiseau. Very entertaining; the author is skeptical and affectionate of Tommy at the same time.

 

I wanna buy it! I saw the movie last week. "What a story, blueschica!"

 

Yes, now I can't wait to see both "The Room" and "The Disaster Artist" movies !! "Oh, Hi Mark !!"

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Watch The Room first... I saw The Disaster Artist last week, and kept thinking that someone who hasn't seen The Room before will not enjoy it as much.

 

Even more so, watch it on Rifftrax and the review by Nostalgia Critic. Love Mike Nelson’s reaction to the scene with Denny crying like a girl about the drugs:

 

“It’s like Richard Simmons playing the James Dean role in Rebel Without A Cause!” :rfl:

 

Fire And Fury by Michael Wolff (audiobook format)

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Going thru the Qur'an again. Halfway there.

Interesting that it's essentially an addendum to the Bible, with many Biblical figures/stories featuring prominently.

Also interesting to read it while I'm in a Muslim country (Indonesia).

And I find its telescopic structure quite fascinating.

 

Main reason I'm re-reading it is that I'm writing something involving a Muslim character, and just want to make sure that I understand as much as possible, and to cover my ass if offense is taken (the character, while a good person, swears a lot and is conflicted about wearing a hijab, and based on someone I met a few years ago).

The Oxford Classics version has a great introduction and decent footnotes, and is not translated as a poem (which the original Arabic text is). It's translated by MAS Abdel Haleem, if anyone is interested.

 

The main difference with Christianity is that Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet (or "Messenger") and not the physical son of god.

The main difference with Judaism is that Muslims are against usury. That's pretty much it.

 

The Qur'an made simple!

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Got 3 on the go:

 

Four Hours in My Lai - Bilton/Sym. Saw the documentary of the same name, so now reading the book. Brutal.

 

Cambodian Interlude - Tom Riddle. So far a good read amusingly told about the first election in Cambodia in 1993 and the UN’s attempts to help.

 

Mother Tongue: The English Language - Bill Bryson. Never read Bryson before. So far so sood. Never realized how difficult it was to define the word “what” (apparently takes 5 pages in the Oxford English Dictionary)!

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Going thru the Qur'an again. Halfway there.

Interesting that it's essentially an addendum to the Bible, with many Biblical figures/stories featuring prominently.

Also interesting to read it while I'm in a Muslim country (Indonesia).

And I find its telescopic structure quite fascinating.

 

Main reason I'm re-reading it is that I'm writing something involving a Muslim character, and just want to make sure that I understand as much as possible, and to cover my ass if offense is taken (the character, while a good person, swears a lot and is conflicted about wearing a hijab, and based on someone I met a few years ago).

The Oxford Classics version has a great introduction and decent footnotes, and is not translated as a poem (which the original Arabic text is). It's translated by MAS Abdel Haleem, if anyone is interested.

 

The main difference with Christianity is that Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet (or "Messenger") and not the physical son of god.

The main difference with Judaism is that Muslims are against usury. That's pretty much it.

 

The Qur'an made simple!

By simpleton vt.

Not even close. The difference is much deeper and more complex.
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Going thru the Qur'an again. Halfway there.

Interesting that it's essentially an addendum to the Bible, with many Biblical figures/stories featuring prominently.

Also interesting to read it while I'm in a Muslim country (Indonesia).

And I find its telescopic structure quite fascinating.

 

Main reason I'm re-reading it is that I'm writing something involving a Muslim character, and just want to make sure that I understand as much as possible, and to cover my ass if offense is taken (the character, while a good person, swears a lot and is conflicted about wearing a hijab, and based on someone I met a few years ago).

The Oxford Classics version has a great introduction and decent footnotes, and is not translated as a poem (which the original Arabic text is). It's translated by MAS Abdel Haleem, if anyone is interested.

 

The main difference with Christianity is that Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet (or "Messenger") and not the physical son of god.

The main difference with Judaism is that Muslims are against usury. That's pretty much it.

 

The Qur'an made simple!

By simpleton vt.

Not even close. The difference is much deeper and more complex.

 

I assume you’re referring to the last couple of sentences? Notice the “Qur’an made simple” joke?

Of course the differences are deeper and more complex but these appear to be the main sticking points. They believe in the 10 commandments, they believe in Jesus. They certainly believe in Noah and Moses because half the book is endless repetitions of their stories! :LOL:

I’m happy to hear your take on the Qur’an, if you care to enlighten. Not an easy book to read. Like the Bible, or pretty much every religious text, some of it’s a slog but there are some good bits. The telescopic structure is very cool.

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Bogged down with Bill Bryson’s Mother Tongue. Can’t describe it as super compelling although very interesting. English is indeed a flexible language.

Halfway thru Off the Road by Caroline Cassady (The wife of Neil Cassady, Jack Kerouac's traveling partner and essentially the Dean Moriarty figure in On The Road). What a bunch of jerks. :P

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Going thru the Qur'an again. Halfway there.

Interesting that it's essentially an addendum to the Bible, with many Biblical figures/stories featuring prominently.

Also interesting to read it while I'm in a Muslim country (Indonesia).

And I find its telescopic structure quite fascinating.

 

Main reason I'm re-reading it is that I'm writing something involving a Muslim character, and just want to make sure that I understand as much as possible, and to cover my ass if offense is taken (the character, while a good person, swears a lot and is conflicted about wearing a hijab, and based on someone I met a few years ago).

The Oxford Classics version has a great introduction and decent footnotes, and is not translated as a poem (which the original Arabic text is). It's translated by MAS Abdel Haleem, if anyone is interested.

 

The main difference with Christianity is that Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet (or "Messenger") and not the physical son of god.

The main difference with Judaism is that Muslims are against usury. That's pretty much it.

 

The Qur'an made simple!

By simpleton vt.

Not even close. The difference is much deeper and more complex.

 

I assume you’re referring to the last couple of sentences? Notice the “Qur’an made simple” joke?

Of course the differences are deeper and more complex but these appear to be the main sticking points. They believe in the 10 commandments, they believe in Jesus. They certainly believe in Noah and Moses because half the book is endless repetitions of their stories! :LOL:

I’m happy to hear your take on the Qur’an, if you care to enlighten. Not an easy book to read. Like the Bible, or pretty much every religious text, some of it’s a slog but there are some good bits. The telescopic structure is very cool.

They don't believe in Jesus as the only way to salvation. The Koran also teaches that you can get to heaven by good works. The Koran does not teach that the way to the Father is through Jesus. The Muslims believe that Jesus was nothing more than a profit. In other words, the Koran doesn't teach that Jesus was here from the beginning and to the everlasting. It's not part fo their teaching.
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Going thru the Qur'an again. Halfway there.

Interesting that it's essentially an addendum to the Bible, with many Biblical figures/stories featuring prominently.

Also interesting to read it while I'm in a Muslim country (Indonesia).

And I find its telescopic structure quite fascinating.

 

Main reason I'm re-reading it is that I'm writing something involving a Muslim character, and just want to make sure that I understand as much as possible, and to cover my ass if offense is taken (the character, while a good person, swears a lot and is conflicted about wearing a hijab, and based on someone I met a few years ago).

The Oxford Classics version has a great introduction and decent footnotes, and is not translated as a poem (which the original Arabic text is). It's translated by MAS Abdel Haleem, if anyone is interested.

 

The main difference with Christianity is that Muslims believe that Jesus was a prophet (or "Messenger") and not the physical son of god.

The main difference with Judaism is that Muslims are against usury. That's pretty much it.

 

The Qur'an made simple!

By simpleton vt.

Not even close. The difference is much deeper and more complex.

 

I assume you’re referring to the last couple of sentences? Notice the “Qur’an made simple” joke?

Of course the differences are deeper and more complex but these appear to be the main sticking points. They believe in the 10 commandments, they believe in Jesus. They certainly believe in Noah and Moses because half the book is endless repetitions of their stories! :LOL:

I’m happy to hear your take on the Qur’an, if you care to enlighten. Not an easy book to read. Like the Bible, or pretty much every religious text, some of it’s a slog but there are some good bits. The telescopic structure is very cool.

They don't believe in Jesus as the only way to salvation. The Koran also teaches that you can get to heaven by good works. The Koran does not teach that the way to the Father is through Jesus. The Muslims believe that Jesus was nothing more than a profit. In other words, the Koran doesn't teach that Jesus was here from the beginning and to the everlasting. It's not part fo their teaching.

 

I guess you missed the part where I said that they believe in Jesus as a prophet but don’t believe he was the physical son of god. ;)

The Qur’an does not teach Christianity, because it is not Christianity. There are many similarities, but the Jesus/son of god thing, as proved by your post, seems to be the big sticking point. I was speaking generally as I didn’t think that many here would know about the Qur’an. And why get into those kinds of details in a book thread on a Rush forum?

I’m not Muslim, I’m not Christian, I’m just interested.

 

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And not to hijack this thread.........maybe you should PM me. I don't think this conversation is suitable for this sub forum.

 

Thanks but no thanks. I came here to post about a book I’d read, and am not interested in debating or having a spirited discussion about religion/religious opinion on or relating to a music forum. I appreciate the offer though.

 

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Halfway thru Off the Road by Caroline Cassady (The wife of Neil Cassady, Jack Kerouac's traveling partner and essentially the Dean Moriarty figure in On The Road). What a bunch of jerks. :P

 

Never read “Off...”, just “On...” of course.

 

What makes them jerks in “Off...”? Deadbeat dad? Cheating at one thing or another? Swinging? Other? All?

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Waking Up- Sam Harris

 

The Magic Of Reality- Richard Dawkins

 

The Mad Ship (The Liveship Traders book 2)- Robin Hobb

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